Irruption Definition & Meaning

irruption
noun
  1. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
  2. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
  3. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

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